Health Psychology

Health Psychology is a textbook providing students with a critical, thought-provoking introduction to this rapidly expanding discipline, covering health, illness and healthcare.

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• A textbook giving a critical, thought-provoking introduction to the rapidly expanding discipline of health psychology.
  
• Written by some of the world’s leading health psychologists.
  
• Divided into three sections on Health and Illness Behavior, Process and Outcome in Illness, and Health Care Contexts and the Practice of Health Psychology.
  
• Each chapter stands alone as an overview of a particular area.
  
• At the same time, all of the contributions have been carefully edited to make the book fully cohesive and integrated.
  
• Includes an in-depth introduction by the editors to the field of health psychology and the volume as a whole.
  
• Supported by evidence from research studies drawn from around the world.